The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 1, 1953
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 PM
9:02 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 371
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 332.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 01m / 21.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.84° / 1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.66° / -0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.98° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| 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.