The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 18, 2077
Waning Crescent
37.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 AM
12:41 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.1%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1905
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.6° / 245.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 51m / -13.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.38° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.25° / -2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.86° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.