The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 2045
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 AM
5:04 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1509
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 174.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -24.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.85° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.54° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.33° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 42.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.