The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 17, 1938
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
8:30 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 186
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 | 200.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 325.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 11.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.21° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.41° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.