The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 12, 1941
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 PM
6:36 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 226
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.6° / 323.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -10.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.11° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / -3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.33° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.