The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 2180
Waning Gibbous
63.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.1%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3179
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 | 254.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 269.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -8.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.11° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.78° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| 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.