The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 18, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
5:06 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -222
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 | 146.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 27.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 36m / 18.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.38° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.44° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.