The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 1949
Waning Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 PM
10:30 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 322
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 | 232.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 293.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / 6.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.30° / 3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.66° / -3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.93° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.