The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 17, 2093
Waning Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
10:43 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2103
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 | 235.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 290.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 5.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.32° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.04° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.47° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.