The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 11, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
2:30 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 455
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 | 121.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.6° / 58.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -11.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.97° / 3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.44° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.59° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.