The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 18, 2131
Waning Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
10:57 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2573
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 | 239.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 287.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 5.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.70° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.15° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.90° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.