The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 18, 2053
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 AM
4:48 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1608
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 | 346.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 185.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.12° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.93° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.83° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.