The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Waxing Crescent
42.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.8%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1089
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 | 81.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 84.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / 9.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.68° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.36° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.