The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 1956
Waning Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 408
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 272.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 42m / -3.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.37° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.43° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.12° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| 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.