The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 17, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
1:03 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1621
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 | 97.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 73.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 18m / 9.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.19° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.59° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.51° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.