The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 2041
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 PM
8:28 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1460
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 343.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 23m / 24.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.41° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.65° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.