The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 11, 2189
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
8:08 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3300
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 135.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 39m / -14.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.98° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / -0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.36° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.