The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 2086
Waxing Crescent
7.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 AM
8:38 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.3%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2017
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 132.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -7.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.89° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.19° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.08° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.