The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 17, 2111
Waxing Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
1:11 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2326
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 | 99.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 72.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 8.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.28° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.31° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.42° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.