The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 17, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
7:28 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 990
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 | 170.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 358.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 20m / 25.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.98° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.89° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.