The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 11, 2010
Waning Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 AM
2:16 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1076
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 211.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -25.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.80° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / 5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.75° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.1° |
| 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.