The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 12, 1936
Waning Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 164
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.8° / 260.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -24.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.66° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.62° / 1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.91° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.