The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 11, 1955
Waning Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 PM
8:14 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 399
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 32m / -23.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.00° / -1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / 2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.33° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.