The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 18, 2187
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
1:15 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3266
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 | 99.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 71.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 9.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.47° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.18° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.20° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.