The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 1910
First Quarter
53.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
12:42 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.3%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -160
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 75.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 01m / 9.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.39° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.39° / 4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.04° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.