The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 11, 1942
Waning Crescent
15.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 AM
4:19 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 238
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.9° / 205.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -9.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.77° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.17° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.