The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 17, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 PM
6:05 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -86
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 19.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 49m / 26.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.48° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.32° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.