The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 11, 1972
Waning Crescent
22.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 AM
1:10 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.0%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 606
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 | 304.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 226.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -23.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.95° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.19° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.13° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.