The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 11, 2182
Waxing Gibbous
56.5% 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
1:24 PM
2:51 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3207
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 56.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 01m / 15.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.33° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.66° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| 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.