The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 18, 2098
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 PM
9:08 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2165
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 328.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.26° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.98° / -5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.02° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.