The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 2169
Waning Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
10:59 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3043
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 | 240.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 286.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / 5.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.11° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.36° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.