The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 18, 1954
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 PM
7:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 384
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 7:50 PM, is deepest at 9:31 PM and ends at 11:13 PM. Totality lasts from 9:16 PM to 9:46 PM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 354.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.27° / 0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / 0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.64° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.