The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 11, 1917
Waning Gibbous
90.1% 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
8:53 PM
9:32 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -74
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 | 216.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 308.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 54m / 9.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.52° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.19° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.34° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.