The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 11, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
4:49 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 322
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 | 138.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 33.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 30m / 24.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.58° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.29° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.96° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.