The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 18, 2188
Waning Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
10:57 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3278
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 | 239.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 287.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 5.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.54° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.17° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.