The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 12, 1949
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
5:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 325
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,100 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 9:27 PM, is deepest at 11:10 PM and ends at 12:54 AM. Totality lasts from 10:28 PM to 11:53 PM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.7° / 355.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -5.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.89° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.26° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.