The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 18, 1990
Last Quarter
51.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 AM
11:18 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.8%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 829
Events on this date
-
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 256.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -14.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.40° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.37° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.