The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 12, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
3:03 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -83
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 54.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 15.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.54° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / 1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.24° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.