The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 1944
Last Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 AM
1:16 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 260
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 249.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -5.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.68° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.25° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.90° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.