The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 11, 1978
Waxing Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
11:08 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 684
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.7° / 98.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 17.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.95° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.01° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.94° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.