The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 11, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
74.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
2:58 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.1%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 421
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 | 118.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 53.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 18.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.95° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.20° / -0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.56° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.