The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 17, 2082
Waning Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
9:44 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1967
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 305.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 8.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.51° / -0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / 0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.06° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.