The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 11, 1973
Waxing Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 619
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 | 83.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 82.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 10.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.72° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.80° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.