The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 1918
Waxing Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
9:10 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -61
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,500 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 126.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -6.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.53° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.21° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.