The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 11, 1942
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
8:18 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 245
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 134.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 26m / -9.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.21° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.78° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.01° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.