The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 2090
Waning Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
8:40 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2066
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 322.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 11.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.41° / -3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.75° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.47° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.