The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 18, 1900
Waning Gibbous
92.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
9:03 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.3%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -284
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 311.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 6.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.27° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.34° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.09° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.