The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 18, 1971
Waning Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 594
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 265.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -10.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.38° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.57° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.