The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 18, 2198
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% 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
1:40 PM
3:58 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3402
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 43.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 18m / 22.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.59° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.99° / -0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.79° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| 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.