The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 11, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
3:51 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 221
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.2° / 40.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 4.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.16° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.34° / 0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.18° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.