The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 11, 1956
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 AM
4:24 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 408
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 187.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -21.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.13° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / -1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.48° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.