The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 17, 1999
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 AM
5:50 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 941
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 168.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.74° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / -2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.62° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 192.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.