The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 26, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 PM
6:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 409
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 3.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 37m / 18.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.00° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.46° / 4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.06° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.