The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 11, 2065
Waxing Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 AM
1:10 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1760
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 70.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 44m / 26.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.50° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / -3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.98° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.