The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 18, 2160
Waxing Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
2:54 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2932
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 | 115.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 53.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 21.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.41° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.64° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.39° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.