The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 18, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
4:24 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 347
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 39.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 22m / 26.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.10° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.31° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.58° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.