The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 11, 1961
Waning Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
1:11 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 470
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 244.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 38m / -10.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.50° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.24° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.85° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.