The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 11, 1974
Waning Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
10:44 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 631
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 | 224.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 288.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 5.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.06° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.08° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.