The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 26, 2198
Waning Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
9:17 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3402
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 296.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 19m / -1.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.89° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.75° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.26° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.