The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 11, 1966
Waning Gibbous
73.1% 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
11:01 PM
11:14 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 532
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 286.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / 7.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.51° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.19° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.