The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 18, 2075
Waxing Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 AM
7:57 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1881
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 | 26.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 139.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -15.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.84° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / 4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.36° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.