The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 11, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
3:56 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1126
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 42.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 03m / 18.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.31° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / 3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.34° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.