The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 17, 2043
Waxing Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1485
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 | 81.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 85.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 7.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.74° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.18° / 0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.95° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.