The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 7, 1953
Waning Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 371
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 265.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / -7.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.18° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.43° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.82° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.