The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
9:51 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1027
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 309.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 12.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.54° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.20° / -2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.02° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.