The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 11, 2014
Waning Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
11:01 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1135
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 | 221.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 301.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 55m / 16.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.08° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / 5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.16° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.