The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 1, 1911
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 AM
6:04 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -148
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 158.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -26.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.72° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.17° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.20° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.