The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 17, 1993
Waning Crescent
23.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
1:12 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 866
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 | 301.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 228.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 46m / -21.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.18° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.30° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.