The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 18, 2014
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 PM
8:50 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1126
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 | 207.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 316.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 46m / 8.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.81° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.58° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.