The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 11, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 PM
5:02 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 492
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 | 153.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.9° / 5.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / -6.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.36° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.11° / 5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.58° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.