The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 2129
Waning Crescent
4.5% 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
5:50 AM
3:59 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2548
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 196.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -19.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.39° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.71° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.