The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
2:17 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1225
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 60.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 14.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.15° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.25° / 2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.93° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.