The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 11, 1983
Waxing Crescent
29.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
10:37 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 752
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.6° / 110.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -23.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.50° / -0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.04° / 1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.47° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.