The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 17, 1982
Waning Crescent
43.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
12:35 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 730
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 253.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -8.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.17° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.86° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.