The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 17, 1964
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 AM
8:30 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 508
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 132.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -15.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.97° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.06° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.