The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 1994
Waxing Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 879
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 86.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 9.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.03° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / -3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.62° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.