The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 18, 1995
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 PM
8:33 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 891
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 | 201.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 323.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 23m / 10.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.89° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.80° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.