The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 11, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
2:45 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 356
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 | 138.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 53.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 31m / -9.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.90° / -0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / 0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.47° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| 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.