The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 18, 2130
Waxing Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
2:30 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2561
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 | 114.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 58.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 28m / 13.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.16° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.48° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.