The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 11, 2001
Waning Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
4:18 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 974
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 | 289.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.9° / 258.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 44m / 21.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.71° / 3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.44° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.