The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Waning Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
1:59 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1237
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 | 315.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 215.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -25.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.92° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.52° / 4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.57° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.