The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 18, 2055
Waning Gibbous
66.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
11:20 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.1%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1633
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 275.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -0.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.91° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.99° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.