The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 11, 2046
Waxing Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
9:59 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1522
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 115.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -5.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.28° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / -2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.86° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.