The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 18, 2104
Waning Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2239
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 | 250.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 272.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -8.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.58° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.32° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.71° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.