The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 18, 1976
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 PM
8:27 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 656
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 | 199.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 325.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 10.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.71° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.02° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.