The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Waning Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1163
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 | 256.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 270.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -2.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.33° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / -3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.54° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.