The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 2102
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 AM
3:52 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2214
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 190.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -26.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.64° / -2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.04° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.38° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.