The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 18, 1903
Waning Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
10:51 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -247
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 276.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -3.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.26° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.39° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.92° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| 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.