The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 11, 2003
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
8:47 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 999
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 | 195.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 320.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 11.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.96° / -1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / 2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.77° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.