The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 23, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
2:29 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 372
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 57.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 11m / 23.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.64° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.20° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.35° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.