The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 11, 1946
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 PM
7:19 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 294
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 | 191.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 338.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 7.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.19° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.08° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.08° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.