The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 18, 1979
Waning Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
10:35 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 693
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° 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 | 238.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 286.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 2.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.65° / 0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / -0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.98° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.