The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Waning Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
10:47 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1104
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 | 247.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 252.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -21.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.40° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.21° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.