The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 11, 1937
Waxing Crescent
41.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
10:55 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.1%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 183
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 108.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -20.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.52° / 2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.96° / -2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.74° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.