The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 PM
12:15 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1024
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 | 101.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.2° / 88.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 13m / -25.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.95° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.19° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.59° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.