The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 11, 2012
Waning Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 AM
4:33 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1110
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 | 309.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.5° / 226.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 54m / 7.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.10° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.81° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.88° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.