The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 11, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 PM
3:57 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 659
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 | 140.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 40.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 2.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.62° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.22° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| 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.