The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 17, 1904
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
5:56 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -234
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.1° / 168.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -16.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.74° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.05° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.53° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 177.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.