The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 12, 1933
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
6:50 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 127
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,800 km.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.8° / 288.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 13m / -23.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.01° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.68° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.92° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.