The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 17, 1990
Waning Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 829
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 | 257.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 267.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -9.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.47° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.26° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.22° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.