The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 18, 2044
Waning Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 PM
10:15 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1497
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 | 231.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 292.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 23m / 4.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.97° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.67° / 0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.58° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.