The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 18, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
1:09 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1250
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 70.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 14.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.00° / 1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.08° / -0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.58° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.