The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 17, 2052
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
8:29 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1596
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 | 199.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 326.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 11.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.70° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.87° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.