The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 11, 2144
First Quarter
53.6% 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
1:08 PM
2:37 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2737
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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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 | 93.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 58.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 49m / 15.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.19° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.06° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.08° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.