The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 11, 1950
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 AM
5:56 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 344
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.5° / 172.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -9.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.78° / -1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.53° / 3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.19° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 340.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.