The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
3:52 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 13
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 | 130.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 43.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 25m / 16.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.24° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.72° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.92° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.