The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 17, 1968
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
9:29 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 557
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 | 204.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 321.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 18.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.47° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.46° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.