The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 11, 1955
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
9:38 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 396
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 | 221.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 303.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 6.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.84° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.87° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.79° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.6° |
| 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.