The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 11, 2053
Last Quarter
50.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 AM
12:05 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.6%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1608
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 260.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -6.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.39° / 1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / -1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.60° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.