The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 17, 2101
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 PM
9:14 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2202
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 | 206.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 318.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 46m / 13.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.08° / 0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.29° / 0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.72° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.