The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 11, 1978
Waxing Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
8:50 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 681
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 129.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -9.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.50° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / -3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.56° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.