The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 17, 1975
Waxing Crescent
23.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
10:50 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.4%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 644
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 | 57.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 105.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 32m / 2.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.51° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.59° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.