The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 11, 1980
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 AM
8:41 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 715
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 128.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -11.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.22° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.11° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.39° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.