The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 11, 1905
Waxing Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 AM
11:21 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -222
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 100.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / -2.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.80° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / 2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.49° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.