The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 11, 1939
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 AM
5:14 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 207
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.3° / 195.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / -2.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.70° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.07° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.34° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.