The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 11, 2002
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
3:47 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 977
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 193.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -23.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.84° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / 1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.43° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.