The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 17, 2134
Last Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
12:09 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2610
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 255.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -10.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.62° / 1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.90° / -1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.78° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.