The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 29, 1956
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 PM
8:38 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 409
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 312.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 3.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.72° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.32° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.