The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 11, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 PM
3:59 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1061
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 | 139.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.2° / 31.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 35m / -6.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.90° / 1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.16° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.57° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.