The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 18, 2042
Waning Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 AM
2:08 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1472
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 211.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -26.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.60° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.02° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.36° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.