The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 18, 1948
Waxing Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 310
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 | 81.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 86.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 4.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.58° / -2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / 4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.59° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.