The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 17, 2179
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
2:16 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3167
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 | 107.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 60.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 19.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.40° / 3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / -3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.73° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| 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.