The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 12, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
5:45 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -145
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 | 169.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.5° / 0.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -2.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.31° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.88° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.