The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 11, 2031
Waning Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1339
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 262.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -21.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.47° / 1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.74° / -1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.83° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.