The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
9:04 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1101
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 | 209.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 315.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 10.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.44° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.07° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.