The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 11, 1918
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 AM
4:16 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -62
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 187.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -23.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.40° / 0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.48° / 0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.04° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.