The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 11, 1991
Waxing Crescent
14.9% 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
11:42 AM
9:02 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 851
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 | 45.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 124.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -24.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.13° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / 4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.13° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.