The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 25, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
4:40 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 372
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 36.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 03m / 27.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.42° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.06° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.