The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 17, 2010
Waxing Crescent
5.1% 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
8:58 AM
8:04 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1077
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 138.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -11.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.46° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / -2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.13° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.