The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 11, 1996
Waning Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 PM
10:46 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 903
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 | 244.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 281.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / -0.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.34° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.10° / 3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.24° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.