The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 17, 2098
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
8:25 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 356,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2165
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,400 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 344.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 22m / 24.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.96° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.90° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.