The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 11, 2105
Waning Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
1:38 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2251
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 | 307.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 224.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -21.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.88° / -1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.24° / 2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.43° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.