The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 17, 2050
Waning Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 AM
12:29 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1571
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 242.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 48m / -17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.76° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.06° / 2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.53° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| 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.