The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 17, 1940
First Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
12:30 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 211
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 78.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 9.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.83° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.12° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.