The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 11, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
3:20 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 891
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 49.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 28m / 17.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.13° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.69° / 2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.13° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.