The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 11, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
1:11 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 285
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 71.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 8.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.12° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.12° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.97° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.