The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 12, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 PM
4:23 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -182
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 | 133.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 37.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 13.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.17° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.91° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.65° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.