The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 11, 2015
Last Quarter
55.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
12:16 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1141
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 244.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -17.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.23° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.21° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.10° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.