The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 11, 1988
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
7:04 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 814
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 149.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -13.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.97° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.02° / 5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.07° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 315.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.