The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 11, 2013
First Quarter
46.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.8%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1123
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 92.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -17.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.63° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.24° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.4° |
| 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.