The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 2061
Waning Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 AM
2:34 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1707
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 | 325.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 204.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 38m / -27.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.01° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.16° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.