The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 17, 1994
Waxing Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
11:37 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 879
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 | 66.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / 5.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.14° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.18° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.79° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.