The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
2:03 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -24
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 | 107.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 62.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 15.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.85° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.09° / 2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.62° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.