The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 11, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 PM
12:31 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 789
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 86.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 24m / -24.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.47° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.41° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.