The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 17, 2118
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 AM
1:15 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2412
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 | 306.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.0° / 223.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -25.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.71° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.80° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.05° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.