Day: October 11, 2021

October 11 – Today in History

Important Events

  • 1138 Earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, kills an estimated 230,000
  • 1634 Burchardi flood – “the second Grote Mandrenke” kills about 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany
  • 1737 Earthquake reported to have killed 300,000 and destroyed half of Calcutta in India. Now thought to have been an exaggerated account of a hurricane which claimed 3,000 of the city’s estimated 20,000 residents. [1]
  • 1797 Battle of Camperdown (Kamperduin): British navy defeats Dutch fleet
  • 1945 Chinese civil war begins between Kuomintang government led by Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong‘s Communist Party
  • 1962 Second Vatican Council (21st ecumenical) convened by Pope John XXIII
  • 1986 Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Reykjavik, Iceland

History of October 11 from OnThisDay.com

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

Today’s astronomy picture is a video.

Juno Flyby of Ganymede and Jupiter

Video Credit: Images: NASA, JPL-Caltech, SWRI, MSSS;
Animation: Koji Kuramura, Gerald Eichstädt, Mike Stetson; Music: VangelisExplanation: What would it be like to fly over the largest moon in the Solar System? In June, the robotic Juno spacecraft flew past Jupiter‘s huge moon Ganymede and took images that have been digitally constructed into a detailed flyby. As the featured video begins, Juno swoops over the two-toned surface of the 2,000-km wide moon, revealing an icy alien landscape filled with grooves and craters. The grooves are likely caused by shifting surface plates, while the craters are caused by violent impacts. Continuing on in its orbit, Juno then performed its 34th close pass over Jupiter’s clouds. The digitally-constructed video shows numerous swirling clouds in the north, colorful planet-circling zones and bands across the middle — featuring several white-oval clouds from the String of Pearls, and finally more swirling clouds in the south. Next September, Juno is scheduled to make a close pass over another of Jupiter’s large moons: Europa.

October 11 Moon Goddess’ Current Phase, Northwestern and Northeastern Hemispheres Custom Planetary Positions

 Moon Goddess’ Current Phase

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born. 

From Moongiant.com

 

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waxing Crescent Phase. A Waxing Crescent is the first Phase after the New Moon and is a great time to see the features of the moon’s surface. During this phase the Moon can be seen in the wester sky after the sun dips below the horizon at sunset. The moon is close to the sun in the sky and mostly dark except for the right edge of the moon which becomes brighter as the days get closer to the next phase which is a First Quarter with a 50% illumination.

Visit the October 2021 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Crescent Phase

The Waxing Crescent on October 11 has an illumination of 32%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On October 11 the Moon is 5.62 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Phase Details

Phase: Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 32%
Moon Age: 5.62 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 364,154.50 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,304,235.63 km

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

Custom Planetary Positions

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

 

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Denver, Colorado, USA 

October 11, 2021
10:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM MT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:18 Libra 48
Moon:02 Capricorn 49
Mercury:14 Libra 03 Rx
Venus:04 Sagittarius 51
Mars:17 Libra 34
Jupiter:22 Aquarius 24 Rx
Saturn:06 Aquarius 53
Uranus:13 Taurus 44 Rx
Neptune:21 Pisces 04 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 19

True Lunar Node:02 Gemini 35

Mean Lunar Node:03 Gemini 49 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):09 Gemini 29
Chiron:10 Aries 17 Rx
Ceres:12 Gemini 07 Rx
Pallas:11 Pisces 25 Rx
Juno:19 Sagittarius 24
Vesta:10 Scorpio 59

Eris:24 Aries 17 Rx
Fire:4
Earth:3
Air:9
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:4
Mutable:8

Northeastern Hemisphere

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

11 October 2021
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CET
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:18 Libra 28
Moon:28 Sagittarius 04
Mercury:14 Libra 25 Rx
Venus:04 Sagittarius 29
Mars:17 Libra 21
Jupiter:22 Aquarius 24 Rx
Saturn:06 Aquarius 53
Uranus:13 Taurus 45 Rx
Neptune:21 Pisces 04 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 19
True Lunar Node:02 Gemini 34
Mean Lunar Node:03 Gemini 50 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):09 Gemini 26
Chiron:10 Aries 18 Rx
Ceres:12 Gemini 07 Rx
Pallas:11 Pisces 28 Rx
Juno:19 Sagittarius 18
Vesta:10 Scorpio 49
Eris:24 Aries 18 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:2
Air:9
Water:3
Cardinal:6
Fixed:4
Mutable:9

11 October Moon Goddess’ Current Phase and Southern Hemisphere Custom Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born.

From Moongiant.com 

Today the Moon will be in a Waxing Crescent Phase. A Waxing Crescent is the first Phase after the New Moon and is a great time to see the features of the moon’s surface. During this phase the Moon can be seen in the wester sky after the sun dips below the horizon at sunset. The moon is close to the sun in the sky and mostly dark except for the right edge of the moon which becomes brighter as the days get closer to the next phase which is a First Quarter with a 50% illumination.

Visit the October 2021 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Crescent Phase

The Waxing Crescent on October 11 has an illumination of 32%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On October 11 the Moon is 5.62 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link 

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link  

For Your Local Time and Date

Southeastern Hemisphere

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 

11 October 2021
05:00 am GMT 4:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:18 Libra 06
Moon:22 Sagittarius 43
Mercury:14 Libra 49 Rx
Venus:04 Sagittarius 04
Mars:17 Libra 06
Jupiter:22 Aquarius 25 Rx
Saturn:06 Aquarius 53
Uranus:13 Taurus 46 Rx
Neptune:21 Pisces 05 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 19

True Lunar Node:02 Gemini 34
Mean Lunar Node:03 Gemini 52 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):09 Gemini 24

Chiron:10 Aries 19 Rx
Ceres:12 Gemini 07 Rx
Pallas:11 Pisces 32 Rx
Juno:19 Sagittarius 12
Vesta:10 Scorpio 37
Eris:24 Aries 18 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:2
Air:9
Water:3

Cardinal:6
Fixed:4
Mutable:9

Southwestern Hemisphere

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

11 October 2021
07:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:18 Libra 41
Moon:01 Capricorn 02
Mercury:14 Libra 11 Rx
Venus:04 Sagittarius 42
Mars:17 Libra 29
Jupiter:22 Aquarius 24 Rx
Saturn:06 Aquarius 53
Uranus:13 Taurus 45 Rx
Neptune:21 Pisces 04 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 19

True Lunar Node:02 Gemini 34
Mean Lunar Node:03 Gemini 50 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):09 Gemini 28

Chiron:10 Aries 17 Rx
Ceres:12 Gemini 07 Rx
Pallas:11 Pisces 26 Rx
Juno:19 Sagittarius 22
Vesta:10 Scorpio 55

Eris:24 Aries 17 Rx

Fire:4
Earth:3
Air:9
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:4
Mutable:8