The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 17, 1998
Waning Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 PM
10:32 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 928
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 | 236.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 288.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / 3.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.72° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.61° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.