The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 11, 1963
Waning Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
4:24 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 504
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 | 292.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.4° / 254.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 19.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.45° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.44° / -2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.84° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.