The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 11, 1910
First Quarter
51.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
11:28 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.5%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -151
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 105.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -26.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.08° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.91° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.1° |
| 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.