The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 17, 2078
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
9:50 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1918
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 | 47.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 118.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -10.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.68° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.38° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.42° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.