The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 11, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
2:42 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 622
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 | 109.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 57.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 15.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.09° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / 3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.24° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.