The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 18, 1912
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 AM
4:39 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -136
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 | 351.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 177.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -26.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.04° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.04° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 47.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.