The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 18, 1975
Waxing Crescent
31.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
11:48 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.8%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 644
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 | 68.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 94.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / 6.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.45° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.42° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.