The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 18, 1946
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
8:51 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 285
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 | 194.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 333.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 20.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.13° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / -3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.96° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.