The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 4, 1953
Waning Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
10:21 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 371
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 297.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 8.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.60° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.38° / 3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.38° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.