The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 11, 2009
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
8:22 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1064
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 | 187.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 340.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 08m / 21.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.57° / 0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.67° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.20° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.