The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 11, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
86.1% 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
5:16 PM
3:35 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 591
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 | 136.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 37.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -9.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.97° / 0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.59° / 0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.17° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| 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.