The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 11, 1979
Waning Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
1:37 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 702
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 | 255.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 280.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 15m / 18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.65° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.56° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.58° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.