The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 18, 2099
Waning Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 AM
2:50 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2177
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 200.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -28.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.75° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.61° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.