The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 11, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
12:04 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 319
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 | 109.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 90.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 48m / -23.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.17° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.30° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.