The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 11, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
4:24 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 87
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter 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 | 134.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 37.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 13m / 23.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.62° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.76° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| 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.