The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 11, 2015
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
6:29 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1147
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.8° / 170.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / -1.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.55° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / 0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.85° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.