The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 12, 1942
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 AM
5:21 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 238
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 | 325.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 191.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -5.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.80° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.84° / 1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.39° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.