The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 1950
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 AM
4:43 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 334
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 177.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -27.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.11° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.50° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.48° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 45.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.