The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 12, 1940
Waxing Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 AM
11:46 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 214
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 91.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 08m / 18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.59° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.14° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.5° |
| 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.