The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 18, 2071
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
9:20 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1831
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 | 216.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 307.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 22m / 7.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.74° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / 4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.80° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.