The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
65.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
2:01 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.3%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 681
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 | 107.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 63.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 54m / 13.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.99° / -2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / 4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.55° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.