The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 26, 2171
Waning Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 PM
10:43 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3068
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 282.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / 0.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.49° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / -4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.06° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.