The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 17, 2145
Waning Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 AM
12:49 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2746
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 242.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 56m / -14.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.88° / 2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.69° / -2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.21° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.