The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 18, 2004
Waning Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 AM
2:05 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1002
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 | 316.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 214.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -24.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.39° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.84° / 3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.77° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.