The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 11, 1948
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 AM
9:37 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 313
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.1° / 119.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 59m / 17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.22° / 0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / 0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.04° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.