The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 2096
Last Quarter
48.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 AM
12:09 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.5%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2140
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 257.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -8.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.47° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.34° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.