The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 18, 2085
Last Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
11:10 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2004
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 258.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -14.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.13° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.95° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.22° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.