The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 17, 2190
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
4:49 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3303
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 33.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 54m / 24.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.01° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.96° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.34° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.