The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 11, 1974
Waning Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 AM
4:31 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 640
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 | 307.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.6° / 229.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 8.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.79° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.81° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.28° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.