The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 2104
Waning Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
10:12 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2239
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 282.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / -3.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.71° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.00° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.56° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.9° |
| 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.