The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 18, 2110
Waning Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
4:03 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2313
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 196.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.86° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.51° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.90° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.