The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 AM
3:47 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1039
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 | 341.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 188.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -27.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.52° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.69° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.