The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 18, 2036
Waning Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 PM
11:17 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1398
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 | 250.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 276.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -0.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.09° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.08° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.20° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.