The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 11, 2015
Waning Gibbous
66.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
11:08 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.1%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1138
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 | 251.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / -1.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.50° / -0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.17° / 2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.03° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.