The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 26, 2176
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 PM
8:09 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3130
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 | 187.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 339.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 17.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.88° / 0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / 0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.46° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.