The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 17, 2001
Waning Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 AM
12:50 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 965
Events on this date
-
Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 247.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 44m / -10.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.87° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.02° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.66° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.