The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 2078
Waxing Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 AM
11:02 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1918
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 105.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / -3.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.95° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.24° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.