The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 17, 1910
Waxing Crescent
41.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -160
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,200 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 88.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 3.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.26° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / 5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.20° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.