The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 12, 1950
Waning Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 AM
2:43 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 337
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 221.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -14.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.71° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / 4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.22° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.