The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 1995
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 PM
7:58 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 891
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 | 189.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 337.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 13.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.07° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.67° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.