The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 18, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
5:58 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 483
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 | 156.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 15.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 21m / 19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.89° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / 5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.22° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.