The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 18, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 PM
1:20 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 780
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 | 98.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 70.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 18m / 13.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.81° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.10° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.99° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.