The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 18, 2076
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
5:57 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1893
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 | 153.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 18.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 07m / 23.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.63° / -0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.22° / 1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.72° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.5° |
| 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.