The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 11, 2186
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
6:52 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3262
Events on this date
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Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.9° / 165.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / 2.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.17° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.50° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 131.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.