The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 17, 1958
Waning Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 AM
3:49 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 433
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 198.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.97° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.82° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.