The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 11, 2068
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 PM
8:18 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1803
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 | 188.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 328.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 12.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.64° / 2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.31° / -2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.57° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.