The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 1935
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
6:35 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 149
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 | 158.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 12.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 25.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.26° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / -2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.56° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.