The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 18, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
2:35 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1856
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 | 115.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 57.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 33m / 13.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.36° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.57° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.