The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 26, 2170
Waxing Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
1:59 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3056
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 63.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 16.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.23° / -2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / 3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.30° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.