The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 1974
Waning Crescent
27.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 AM
1:54 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 631
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 | 297.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 220.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -21.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.36° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / 4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.99° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.