The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 18, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
66.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
2:08 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.1%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -259
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 | 108.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 61.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 56m / 16.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.39° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.32° / 1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.43° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.