The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 1927
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
8:31 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 50
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 | 188.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 338.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 38m / 21.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.47° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.58° / -2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.17° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.