The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 11, 2146
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
4:46 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2758
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 185.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.57° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.00° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.