The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 11, 2056
Waning Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 AM
1:24 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1645
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 241.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 53m / -11.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.13° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.53° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.