The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 12, 1901
Waning Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 AM
12:15 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -269
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 | 276.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 246.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -15.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.65° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.81° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.35° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.