The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 17, 2161
Waning Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2944
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -10.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.41° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.96° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.