The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 18, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
69.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 PM
2:20 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.2%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1151
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 | 112.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 59.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 17m / 13.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.58° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.01° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.97° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.