The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
2:18 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1160
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 61.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 20m / -13.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.26° / 2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / -2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.17° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.