The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 11, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
1:26 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 50
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 | 104.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 69.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 8.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.67° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.78° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.