The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 11, 1940
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
7:50 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 211
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 | 24.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 141.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -11.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.44° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.55° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.17° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.