The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 11, 2160
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
4:05 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2941
Events on this date
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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 | 138.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.9° / 32.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 29m / -4.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.50° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.56° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.74° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.