The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 17, 1920
Waning Crescent
11.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 AM
2:45 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.2%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -37
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 211.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -20.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.33° / 2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.60° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.20° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.