The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 24, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% 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
2:35 PM
4:53 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 409
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 32.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 30m / 22.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.98° / -0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.96° / 1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.32° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.