The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 18, 2025
Waning Gibbous
78.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
10:26 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.2%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1262
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 288.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / 2.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.72° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / 0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.93° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.