The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 18, 1936
Waning Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
12:26 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 161
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 | 291.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 237.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 59m / -21.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.45° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.05° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.