The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 11, 2013
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
9:40 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1117
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 | 14.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.4° / 117.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 14.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.55° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / -0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.00° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.