The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 11, 2024
Waxing Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1253
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.9° / 87.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 55m / 24.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.78° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.62° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.50° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.