The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 9, 1953
Waning Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 AM
12:12 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 371
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 244.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -17.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.81° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.10° / 7.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.15° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.