The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 11, 1937
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 AM
8:07 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 177
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.4° / 151.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 14.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.33° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.45° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.52° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 223.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.