The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 17, 1953
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
8:25 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 372
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 135.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -11.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.82° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.15° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.38° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.