The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 11, 1901
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 AM
5:40 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -261
Events on this date
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Annular solar eclipse
The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light. Not visible from Columbus.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 170.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 23m / -17.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.86° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / -0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.50° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.