The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 10, 1953
Waning Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
12:44 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 371
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 233.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 50m / -21.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.63° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.39° / 7.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.32° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.