The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 18, 2200
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
8:51 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3427
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 129.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -6.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.97° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.58° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.