The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 18, 1919
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
8:54 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -49
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 | 208.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 315.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 47m / 8.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.28° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.75° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.