The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 1, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
1:38 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -74
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 66.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 14.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.60° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.42° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.01° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.