The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 11, 1963
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
7:39 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 498
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 297.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 16m / -13.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.18° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.97° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.75° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.