The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 11, 1939
Last Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
11:45 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 201
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 250.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -16.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.28° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.85° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.55° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.