The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 18, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 PM
6:28 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 248
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 | 149.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 7.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 50m / 19.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.58° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.50° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.