The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 11, 1982
Waning Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 PM
8:01 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 733
Events on this date
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.0° / 287.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -16.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.94° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.51° / -4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.54° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.