The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 11, 2007
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 AM
6:55 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1049
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.7° / 152.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 19m / -12.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.96° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.93° / 5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.47° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 329.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.