The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 11, 1951
Waxing Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 AM
10:05 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 347
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 115.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 55m / -7.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.95° / -0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.48° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.70° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.