The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 17, 2081
Waxing Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
12:03 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1955
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 | 83.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 82.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 10.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.83° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / -2.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.32° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.