The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 12, 1944
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 263
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 268.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.61° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.44° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.81° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.