The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 17, 1948
Waxing Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
11:41 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 310
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 | 69.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 97.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / -0.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.23° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.76° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.