The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 11, 1996
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 AM
6:36 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 912
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.4° / 166.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -3.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.80° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / 0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.26° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.