The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 11, 1926
Waning Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 AM
3:05 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 37
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 209.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -19.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.32° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.37° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.