The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 11, 1950
Last Quarter
47.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 AM
12:01 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.1%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 334
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.0° / 255.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -10.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.44° / -1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.56° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.42° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.