The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 2002
Waxing Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
9:34 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 978
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 | 45.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 120.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -11.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.41° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.45° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.