The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
2:39 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 409
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 56.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 25m / 20.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.03° / 1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / -1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.60° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.