The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 17, 1936
Waning Crescent
41.7% 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
1:36 AM
11:52 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 161
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 | 279.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 247.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.22° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.60° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.88° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| 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.