The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 2126
Waning Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 AM
12:55 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2511
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 240.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -15.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.97° / 1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / -1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.41° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.