The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 17, 2020
Last Quarter
48.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 AM
12:18 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.2%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1200
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 258.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -6.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.22° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.30° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.