The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 2158
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 PM
9:26 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2907
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 | 216.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 308.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 8.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.64° / -2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.95° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.