The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 12, 1947
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
10:25 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 300
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 248.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 55m / -26.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.26° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.79° / 4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.11° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.