The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 17, 2172
Waning Gibbous
61.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.1%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3080
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 | 257.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 270.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -3.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.50° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.43° / -1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.24° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| 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.