The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 18, 2148
Waning Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 AM
3:08 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2783
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 209.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -18.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.11° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.54° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.32° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.