The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 18, 2103
Waxing Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
4:15 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2227
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 | 129.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 40.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 25.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.35° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / -3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.67° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.