The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Waning Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
10:20 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1240
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 246.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -27.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.10° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.46° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.