The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 18, 2142
Last Quarter
51.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 AM
11:22 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2709
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -14.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.54° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.27° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.32° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.