The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 1946
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
8:03 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 285
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 347.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 22.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.21° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / -2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.17° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.