The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 18, 2199
Waning Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3414
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 270.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -7.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.93° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.75° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.58° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.