The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 11, 2117
Waxing Gibbous
55.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
1:00 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2400
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 73.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 42m / 11.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.72° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / 0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.24° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.