The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 18, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 PM
5:07 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 582
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 | 138.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 31.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 58m / 27.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.30° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.81° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.