The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 1918
Waxing Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
11:35 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -61
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 | 64.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 98.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 58m / 5.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.77° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.85° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.