The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 18, 2059
Waxing Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
11:13 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1683
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 | 63.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 103.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / -3.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.83° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.04° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.