The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 11, 2008
Waxing Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 AM
8:57 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1052
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 | 38.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 127.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -11.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.05° / 0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.94° / 0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.48° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.