The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 17, 1955
Waning Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
12:23 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 396
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 238.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 50m / -20.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.20° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.22° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.70° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| 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.