The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 18, 2009
Waning Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
11:39 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1064
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 248.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.51° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / 7.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.18° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.