The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 17, 2014
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
8:18 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1126
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 | 196.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 329.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 00m / 11.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.87° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.19° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.45° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.