The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 11, 2108
First Quarter
48.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.4%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2298
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 91.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -17.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.56° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.48° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.60° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.