The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 18, 1911
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
10:31 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -148
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 | 229.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 297.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 17m / 9.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.59° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.33° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.