The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 2047
Waning Gibbous
64.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.1%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1534
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 | 253.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 269.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -9.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.24° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.35° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.48° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.