The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 11, 1919
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
10:05 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -40
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 312.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 17.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.43° / 0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.05° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.36° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.