The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 1953
Waning Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 PM
9:33 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 371
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 320.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 18.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.88° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / 0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.11° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.