The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 17, 2112
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
10:03 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2338
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 | 219.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 306.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 12.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.45° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.63° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.96° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.