The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 11, 1937
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 AM
4:42 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 173
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 182.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -21.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.46° / 1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / -0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.86° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.