The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 17, 2025
Waning Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
10:06 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1262
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 | 224.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 300.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 8.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.56° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / -1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.79° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.