The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 18, 1918
Waxing Crescent
40.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -61
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 | 78.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 85.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 51m / 10.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.08° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.68° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.