The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 11, 1999
Waning Crescent
25.1% 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
4:27 AM
3:06 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.1%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 943
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 216.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -14.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.30° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.15° / 0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.37° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.