The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 2152
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
4:23 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2833
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 | 134.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 37.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 42m / 22.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.07° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.68° / 0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.79° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.