The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 18, 2156
Waning Crescent
21.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 AM
1:05 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.9%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2882
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 | 304.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 224.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -25.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.58° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.71° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.66° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.