The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 11, 2059
Waning Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 AM
2:51 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1682
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 205.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -24.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.96° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.65° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.