The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 11, 2113
Waxing Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
8:10 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2360
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 135.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 28m / -10.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.17° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / -4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.39° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.