The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 1939
Waning Crescent
7.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 AM
3:23 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.3%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 198
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 | 328.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 204.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -20.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.65° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / -3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.01° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.