The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 1955
Waning Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 AM
1:01 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 396
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 | 300.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 229.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 40m / -22.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.02° / -3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.11° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.87° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.