The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 11, 1952
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 PM
7:49 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 359
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 355.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 07m / 26.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.06° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / -4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.17° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.