The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 11, 2187
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
7:22 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3266
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 145.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.36° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / 3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.40° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.