The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 18, 1988
Waning Crescent
0.6% 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
7:44 AM
4:50 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 804
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 | 352.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 176.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 32m / -26.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.47° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.50° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.09° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 44.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.