The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 2079
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 PM
8:23 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1930
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 345.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 24.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.03° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.91° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 52.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.