The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 12, 1921
Waxing Crescent
21.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 AM
11:46 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.0%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -21
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 | 54.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 91.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 03m / 18.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.59° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.04° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.96° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.