The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 12, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 PM
4:30 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -281
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 27.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / -3.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.51° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.25° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.07° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| 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.