The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 11, 1940
Waxing Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
10:52 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 214
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
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Jupiter 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 | 43.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.3° / 101.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 15m / 17.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.93° / -3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / 5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.36° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.