The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Waning Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
10:59 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1163
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 | 245.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 281.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / 1.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.99° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / -2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.40° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.