The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 11, 1961
Waning Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
3:16 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 473
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,800 km.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 220.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -9.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.06° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.22° / 0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.49° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.