The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 1929
Waxing Crescent
40.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 75
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 | 78.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 89.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 2.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.47° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.57° / 5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.39° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.