The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 17, 1949
Waning Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
10:03 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 322
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 307.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 13.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.62° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.80° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.