The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 18, 1974
Waning Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
2:37 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 631
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 209.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -23.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.40° / -1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / 3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.17° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.