The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 17, 1976
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
7:48 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 656
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 | 186.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 341.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 14.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.39° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.89° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 143.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.