The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 17, 2103
Waxing Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
3:12 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2227
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 51.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 25m / 23.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.77° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.30° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.82° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.