The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
6:08 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1030
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 | 157.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 355.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / 0.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.12° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.54° / -0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.70° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.