The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 17, 1945
Waxing Crescent
15.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 AM
10:42 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.3%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 273
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 109.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 04m / -10.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.96° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.61° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.21° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.