The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 1933
Waning Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
10:48 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 124
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 | 250.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 274.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -5.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.32° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / 4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.99° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.