The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 17, 1960
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 PM
9:46 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 458
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 | 222.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 301.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 6.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.93° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / 2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.04° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.