The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 11, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
5:43 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 458
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 18.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 40m / 18.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.33° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.74° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.