The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 17, 2085
Waning Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2004
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 | 254.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 269.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -9.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.47° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.44° / 7.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.07° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.