The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 10, 1956
Waning Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 AM
3:30 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 408
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 198.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.35° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.38° / 0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.30° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.