The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 17, 2153
Last Quarter
47.3% 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
12:44 AM
12:02 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2845
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.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 255.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -10.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.96° / 1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.00° / -0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.60° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.