The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 17, 2184
Waxing Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 AM
10:26 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3229
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,300 km.
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 111.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -4.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.99° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.35° / 1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.47° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.