The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 17, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
7:14 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -185
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.8° / 359.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 22.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.94° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.61° / 0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.74° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.