The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 18, 1922
Waning Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
10:57 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -12
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 275.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -3.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.09° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.72° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.