The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 18, 1947
Waning Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 AM
2:28 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 297
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 211.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -23.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.14° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.52° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.