The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 17, 2110
Waning Crescent
10.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
3:05 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.3%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2313
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 211.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -18.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.12° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.71° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.