The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 18, 1923
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
7:28 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 146.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 12m / -13.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.50° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.47° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.