The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 11, 2001
Waning Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
3:40 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 975
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,200 km.
Exact values
For Nov 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.9° / 234.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / 3.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.88° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.68° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.51° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.