The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 1911
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
10:03 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -148
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 | 216.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 309.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 28m / 14.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.14° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.16° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.20° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.