The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 11, 1988
Waning Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 804
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 | 263.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 264.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -7.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.03° / -1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.17° / 2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.85° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.