The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 18, 2109
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 PM
8:41 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2301
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 | 201.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 323.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 12.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.22° / -2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.62° / 4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.27° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.