The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 17, 2063
Waning Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 PM
9:51 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1732
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 303.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 8.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.60° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.26° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.