The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 11, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
78.1% 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
4:42 PM
2:41 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1630
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.4° / 56.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -13.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.58° / 0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.13° / 0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.76° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| 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.