The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 17, 1919
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
8:22 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -49
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 329.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 12.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.21° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.62° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.