The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 17, 1912
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
3:43 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -136
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 189.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -27.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.18° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.86° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.