The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 17, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
4:04 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 582
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 | 126.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 42.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 04m / 25.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.06° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.28° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.95° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.