The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 2163
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
6:10 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2969
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 12.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.44° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.42° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.