The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 17, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
1:18 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 446
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 70.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 11.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.63° / -1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / 2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.34° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.