The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 11, 1903
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
5:47 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -244
Events on this date
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 5:34 PM, is deepest at 7:12 PM and ends at 8:51 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.6° / 351.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -6.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.86° / 0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.84° / 0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.45° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.