The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 11, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
2:21 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 690
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,800 km.
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.3° / 60.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 18m / -12.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.00° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.27° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.78° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.