The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 11, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
3:03 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -49
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 51.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 19.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.07° / 1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.35° / -1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.16° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.