The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 18, 1982
Waning Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
1:03 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 730
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 | 288.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 243.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -12.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.15° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.02° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.