The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 11, 1950
Waning Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 AM
1:37 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 337
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 228.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.12° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.09° / 5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.01° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.