The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 11, 2172
Waning Gibbous
90.2% 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
11:53 PM
8:28 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3083
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.1° / 271.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -22.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.98° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / 3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.48° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.