The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 11, 2069
Waning Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
9:59 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1809
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° 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 | 234.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 261.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -19.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.84° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.78° / -3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.44° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.