The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 2197
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 AM
5:11 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3389
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 177.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -20.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.05° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / -1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.26° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.