The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 11, 2178
Waning Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 AM
2:09 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3157
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 227.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -15.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.68° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / -3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.35° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.