The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 17, 2091
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 AM
4:01 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2078
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 196.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.91° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.08° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.