The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 11, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
12:15 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1259
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 | 100.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.6° / 89.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -24.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.71° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.61° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.79° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.