The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 11, 1909
Waning Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 PM
11:03 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -173
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 291.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 22m / 9.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.55° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.75° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.94° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.