The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 18, 2092
Waxing Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
2:24 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2091
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 59.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 13.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.61° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 7.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.91° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.