The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 18, 1941
Waning Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 PM
10:53 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 223
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 | 247.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 277.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / -2.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.88° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.43° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.52° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.