The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 18, 1958
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 AM
4:46 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 433
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 | 345.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 185.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 58m / -18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.91° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.00° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.