The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 18, 1939
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
4:15 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 198
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 192.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -19.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.60° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.40° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.19° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| 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.