The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 11, 1998
Waning Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 937
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 | 260.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 278.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 34m / 19.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.15° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.90° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.38° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.