The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 17, 1988
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
3:32 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 804
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 191.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 25m / -28.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.41° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.90° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.