The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 11, 1973
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 PM
7:06 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 628
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 344.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / 9.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.22° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.20° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.