The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 17, 2173
Waxing Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
10:11 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3093
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 114.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -6.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.04° / -2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.40° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.74° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.