The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 PM
6:51 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -86
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 8.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 41m / 25.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.33° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / -2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.19° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.