The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 11, 2002
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
10:57 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 987
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 | 70.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 108.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -25.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.01° / -1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.33° / 2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.67° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.8° |
| 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.