The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 18, 1960
Waning Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 PM
10:19 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 458
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 | 234.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 290.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / 2.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.75° / -0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.49° / 1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.18° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.