The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 18, 1945
Waxing Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 AM
11:53 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 273
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 | 59.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 97.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 58m / -5.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.39° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.03° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.