The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 17, 2185
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
8:54 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3241
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 | 201.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 323.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 29m / 14.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.91° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / 1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.16° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.