The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 11, 2052
Waning Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
11:09 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1605
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 299.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 08m / 16.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.09° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.75° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.