The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 11, 2056
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 AM
9:03 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1655
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 124.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 34m / -15.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.81° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.06° / -4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.38° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.