The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 11, 2009
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
7:38 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1067
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 | 204.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 281.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 50m / -21.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.41° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.23° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.2° |
| 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.