The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 18, 1987
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 PM
10:01 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 792
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 | 219.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 305.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 11.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.06° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / -3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.39° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.