The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 18, 2197
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 AM
6:15 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3390
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 163.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -16.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.73° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / -2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.55° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.