The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 8, 1953
Last Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 AM
11:46 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 371
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 255.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -12.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.35° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.98° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.