The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 18, 1920
Waning Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 AM
3:35 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -37
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 | 331.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 200.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -20.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.22° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.84° / -3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.38° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.