The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 18, 2143
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 AM
8:24 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2722
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 134.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -7.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.29° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.82° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.83° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.