The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 12, 1906
Waning Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
8:42 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -207
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 | 228.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 277.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.44° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.72° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.