The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 11, 1997
Waxing Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
8:50 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 916
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 | 35.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 129.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 53m / -9.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.99° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.62° / -2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.76° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.