The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 18, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
4:16 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1522
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 | 129.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 40.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 21m / 26.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.87° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.60° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.76° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.8° |
| 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.