The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 25, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
5:52 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 409
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 18.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 34m / 21.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.91° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / 3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.19° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.