The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 11, 1975
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
5:04 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 643
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 | 351.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 178.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 55m / -20.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.81° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.53° / -2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.30° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.