The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 11, 1994
First Quarter
48.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.6%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 888
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 91.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -17.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.37° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.01° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.05° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.