The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 11, 2021
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 AM
3:53 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1212
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 191.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -24.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.08° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.88° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.25° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.