The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 11, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
4:22 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 993
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 39.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 22.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.62° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.27° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.70° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.