The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 11, 1994
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
5:32 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, Neptune, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, Neptune, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 173.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -18.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.05° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.60° / -4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.11° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.