The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 1956
Waxing Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 AM
10:18 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 409
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 111.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -0.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.71° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.40° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.