The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 2141
Waxing Gibbous
72.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
2:58 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.1%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2697
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 52.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 22.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.81° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.04° / -3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.19° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.