The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
4:07 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -222
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 39.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 41m / 17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.08° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.57° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.