The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 17, 1941
Waning Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
10:17 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 223
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 289.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 28m / 2.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.78° / -1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.25° / 2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.38° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.