The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 1, 1956
Waning Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
10:10 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 408
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 297.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 00m / 6.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.70° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.08° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.83° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.