The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 17, 1944
Waning Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 AM
12:47 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 260
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 | 258.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 260.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -1.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.34° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.75° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.