The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 4, 1956
Last Quarter
52.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 AM
11:39 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.6%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 408
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 261.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -8.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.52° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.43° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.27° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.