The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 11, 2070
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 AM
9:05 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1822
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.7° / 128.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 11.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.88° / -0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.25° / 1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.81° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.