The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 17, 1930
Waning Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 PM
10:07 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 87
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 306.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 39m / 13.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.22° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.03° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.99° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.