The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 11, 2106
Waxing Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
2:50 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2267
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 55.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 59m / 15.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.63° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.72° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.