The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 30, 1956
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
9:09 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 409
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 297.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 22m / -1.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.96° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.37° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.45° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.