The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 21, 2018
Waxing Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
10:11 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1176
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 113.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / -5.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.93° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.07° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.