The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 11, 2001
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 968
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 268.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.66° / 2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.81° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.