The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 20, 1953
Waxing Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 372
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 92.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / 8.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.64° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.84° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.