The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 11, 2026
Waning Crescent
40.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
12:07 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.2%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1274
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 | 281.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 247.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -16.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.03° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.44° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.44° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.