The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 2165
Waxing Crescent
32.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
11:44 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.2%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2994
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 97.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 27m / 1.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.87° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.60° / 2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.08° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.