The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 6, 1953
Waning Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
11:03 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 371
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 276.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / -2.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.22° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.20° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.67° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.