The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 1928
Waning Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 AM
1:28 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 62
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 | 300.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 231.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 40m / -17.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.95° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.42° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.55° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.