The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 17, 2066
Waning Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1769
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 | 251.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 271.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / -8.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.49° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.27° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.28° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.5° |
| 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.