The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 23, 2056
Waxing Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1646
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.0° / 89.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 3.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.04° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.47° / 7.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.28° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.