The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 17, 2149
Waxing Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
1:14 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2796
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 70.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 9.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.37° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / 7.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.82° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.