The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 2013
Waxing Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1114
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 | 75.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 89.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / 8.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.24° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.13° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.00° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.