The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 2050
Waning Crescent
25.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 AM
1:13 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.7%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1571
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 231.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -19.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.04° / -0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.98° / 0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.70° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.