The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 17, 2183
Waning Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 AM
12:22 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3216
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 | 277.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 252.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -10.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.26° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.53° / -2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.65° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.