The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 1901
Waning Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 AM
2:57 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -272
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 208.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 22m / -21.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.08° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / -1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.57° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.