The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 11, 2049
Waxing Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 PM
1:22 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1559
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 69.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 15.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.13° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.65° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.77° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.