The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 11, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
6:39 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 928
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 | 167.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 3.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 38m / 18.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.01° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.18° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.