The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 11, 1970
Waxing Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
10:22 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 582
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 112.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 04m / -5.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.81° / 0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.90° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.