The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 18, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
1:28 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 211
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 | 100.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 69.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 13.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.04° / -1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.92° / 2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.97° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.