The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 17, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 PM
5:43 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 854
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 | 149.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 22.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 24.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.01° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / -0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.29° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.