The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 23, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
3:48 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 409
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 44.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 26m / 22.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.33° / 0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / -0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.46° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.