The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 11, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 PM
6:17 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 693
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 | 162.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 10.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.41° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.96° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.