The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 1952
Waning Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
10:27 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 359
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 | 240.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 283.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / -0.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.75° / -2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.03° / 3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.64° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.