The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 18, 1957
Waning Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 PM
9:07 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 421
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 | 214.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 308.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 5.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.10° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.11° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.33° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.