The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 17, 2070
Waxing Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
11:22 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1819
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 | 63.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 100.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / 2.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.54° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.02° / -2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.77° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.