The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 18, 2105
Waxing Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
8:34 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2252
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 133.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 56m / -7.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.66° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.26° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.26° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.