The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 2075
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
6:47 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1881
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 154.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -19.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.45° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / 2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.55° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.