The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 11, 2130
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
7:35 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2561
Events on this date
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 144.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -17.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.03° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.34° / 1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.66° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.