The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 11, 2079
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
8:36 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1939
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 | 192.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 324.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 12.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.86° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.81° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.