The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 11, 1906
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
8:25 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -210
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 335.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 19m / 17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.75° / -1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / 3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.98° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.