The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 11, 1985
Waning Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
11:07 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 767
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 288.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / 7.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.56° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.00° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.