The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 17, 1913
Waxing Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
2:46 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -123
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 | 113.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 54.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 10m / 21.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.01° / 3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.35° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.16° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.