The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 17, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
5:35 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 248
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 | 139.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 20.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 00m / 17.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.69° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.63° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.