The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 11, 1981
Waxing Crescent
31.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
11:26 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.1%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 718
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 | 67.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 101.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / -3.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.00° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.51° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.45° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.