The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 18, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
6:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 854
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 | 163.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 7.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 48m / 22.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.00° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.50° / 1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.16° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.