The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 11, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 PM
5:14 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 560
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 15.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / 0.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.21° / 1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / -1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.63° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.