The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 11, 2153
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
9:02 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2845
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 334.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 23.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.44° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.77° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.