The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 17, 1926
Waxing Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
9:51 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 38
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 | 48.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 118.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -9.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.92° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.50° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.