The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 2147
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
8:03 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2771
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 339.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 30m / 16.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.78° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / 4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.59° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.