The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 18, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
4:10 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1052
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 | 128.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 41.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 14m / 26.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.34° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.36° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.