The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 12, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
5:23 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -46
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 | 150.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 9.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 23m / -1.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.05° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.96° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.