The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 17, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
3:22 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 347
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 | 119.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 49.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 31m / 23.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.25° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.66° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.73° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.