The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 1977
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 AM
5:01 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 668
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 | 348.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 182.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -17.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.82° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.81° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.