The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 11, 1966
Waning Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 AM
10:14 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 535
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 | 258.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -26.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.87° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / 5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.74° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.