The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 18, 1969
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 AM
6:11 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 570
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 | 6.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 160.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 36m / -23.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.44° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.63° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.52° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.