The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 11, 2009
Last Quarter
46.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.8%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1073
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 37m / 21.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.33° / 0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.69° / 0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.81° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.