The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 18, 1908
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
8:00 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -185
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 6:31 AM, is deepest at 8:21 AM and ends at 10:11 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 347.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 21.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.75° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / -0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.39° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.