The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 11, 2020
Waning Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1203
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 | 229.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 264.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -20.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.57° / 1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / -1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.60° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| 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.