The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 17, 2028
Waning Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1299
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 267.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -9.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.05° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.66° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.