The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 18, 2169
Waning Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3043
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 | 253.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 274.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / 0.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.02° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.07° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.50° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.