The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 18, 1985
Waning Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 AM
3:04 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 767
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 200.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -26.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.17° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / 4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.15° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.