The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 11, 1963
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 PM
9:07 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 495
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 | 201.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 326.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 18.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.95° / 1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / -0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.20° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.