The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 5, 1956
Waning Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 AM
12:09 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 408
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 251.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -12.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.25° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.02° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.42° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.