The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 11, 2043
First Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1494
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 95.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -26.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.42° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.17° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.