The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 12, 1909
Waning Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
10:23 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -170
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 | 258.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 250.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -24.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.98° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.88° / 2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.73° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.