The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 11, 2043
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
5:46 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1485
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 164.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -25.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.48° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.02° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 306.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.