The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 2036
Waning Gibbous
76.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
10:43 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.4%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1398
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 | 238.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 287.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / 4.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.40° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.63° / -2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.06° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.