The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 11, 1998
Waning Crescent
43.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.2%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 938
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 269.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 57m / 12.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.09° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.98° / 0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.42° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.