The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 18, 1999
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 AM
6:51 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 941
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 154.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 52m / -16.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.78° / 1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / -0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.43° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.