The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 16, 1953
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 AM
7:07 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 372
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 151.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -17.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.86° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / 0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.57° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.