The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 18, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 PM
2:13 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 446
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 61.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 14.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.45° / -2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.76° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.19° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.