The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 18, 2002
Waxing Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
10:32 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 978
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 109.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -6.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.27° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.40° / 7.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.27° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.