The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 11, 1953
Waxing Crescent
12.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
7:38 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 381
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 | 40.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 139.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 42m / -24.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.81° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.03° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.