The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 19, 1917
Waning Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 AM
1:35 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -74
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 219.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -25.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.19° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.89° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.60° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.