The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 11, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
75.4% 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
1:38 PM
2:56 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1596
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 53.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 15.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.62° / -2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.21° / 4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.90° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.