The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 11, 1994
Waxing Crescent
0.4% 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
7:05 AM
9:01 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 882
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.3° / 128.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 13.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.63° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / -2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.82° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.