The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 18, 2015
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 AM
3:57 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1138
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 | 334.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 198.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.96° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.23° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.