The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 17, 2077
Last Quarter
46.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
12:15 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.9%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1905
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 256.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -8.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.90° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.54° / -3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.69° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.