The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 11, 1996
Waning Crescent
42.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
1:31 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.3%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 906
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 235.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -14.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.09° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.48° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.