The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 1, 1918
Waning Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
10:12 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -62
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 298.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 7.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.31° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.38° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.