The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 18, 1998
Waning Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
11:01 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 928
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 278.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / -0.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.54° / 2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.20° / -1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.75° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.