The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 18, 2106
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
6:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2264
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 6.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 57m / 18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.43° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.04° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.68° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.