The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 11, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
4:55 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1129
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 24.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 4.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.05° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.72° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.30° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.