The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 1985
Waning Crescent
12.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 AM
2:14 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.9%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 767
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 213.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -24.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.57° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / 3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.97° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.