The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 17, 1914
Waning Gibbous
64.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -111
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 272.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / -5.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.57° / -2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.95° / 3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.19° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.