The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 12, 1903
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
6:23 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -244
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.1° / 328.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -10.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.14° / 1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.72° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.