The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 1907
Waxing Crescent
15.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
9:41 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -197
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 119.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 02m / -9.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.81° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.98° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.30° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.