The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 11, 2040
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 AM
2:51 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1447
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 207.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -23.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.75° / -0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.55° / 1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.85° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.