The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 21, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
1:31 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 409
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 67.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 27m / 17.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.10° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.11° / -3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.75° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.