The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
1:36 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1856
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 | 103.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 68.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 10.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.87° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.71° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.