The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 11, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
2:13 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 220
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 | 129.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 63.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -8.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.84° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / -4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.70° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.