The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 11, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
2:33 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 656
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 57.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.44° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.73° / 0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.90° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.