The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 18, 2128
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
8:14 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2536
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 | 192.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 334.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 14.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.42° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / 4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.94° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.