The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 11, 2157
First Quarter
50.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.7%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2904
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 95.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -24.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.29° / -2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.78° / 3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.74° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.