The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 11, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
69.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 PM
1:28 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.2%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1964
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 74.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 59m / -20.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.52° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.58° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.