The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 18, 2060
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 PM
8:52 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1695
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 | 191.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 335.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 56m / 22.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.02° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.43° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.