The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 18, 2179
Waxing Gibbous
74.8% 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
1:04 PM
3:17 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3167
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 | 119.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 50.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 41m / 21.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.07° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.23° / -2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.59° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.9° |
| 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.