The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 18, 1996
Waning Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 AM
3:53 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 903
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury 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 | 333.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 199.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -18.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.82° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.84° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.42° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.