The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 1957
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 PM
8:29 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 421
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 | 200.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.7° / 324.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 10.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.94° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.19° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.21° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.