The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Waning Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 AM
1:11 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1101
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 | 300.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 229.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 44m / -21.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.54° / -1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / 2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.12° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.