The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 11, 1975
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 AM
8:24 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.7 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 646
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.9° / 140.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 11.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.84° / 3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.54° / -3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.64° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 153.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.