The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 11, 1969
Last Quarter
48.8% 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
12:34 AM
11:53 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.8%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 569
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 | 271.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -10.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.87° / -1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.33° / 3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.22° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| 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.