The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 11, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
1:26 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 990
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 69.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 9.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.55° / -2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.12° / 4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.71° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.