The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 11, 2007
Last Quarter
48.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 AM
11:48 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.5%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1039
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 256.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -11.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.01° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.40° / 4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.63° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.