The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 18, 2052
Waning Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 PM
9:06 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1596
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 | 211.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 312.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 7.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.00° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / 5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.00° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.