The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
64.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 PM
2:03 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.2%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1015
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 | 106.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 62.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 49m / 17.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.06° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.12° / -1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.22° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.