The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 2188
Waning Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
10:24 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3278
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 | 225.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 300.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 11.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.93° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.03° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.