The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 11, 1912
Last Quarter
46.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
12:12 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.2%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -136
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 255.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -9.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.68° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.14° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.81° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.