The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 18, 2030
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 PM
6:57 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1324
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 | 168.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 1.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 20.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.36° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / 3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.56° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.