The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 11, 2040
Waxing Crescent
31.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
10:40 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.3%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1457
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 | 67.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 111.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 46m / -26.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.82° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.25° / 4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.08° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.