The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 12, 1953
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 AM
6:07 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 374
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,600 km.
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.2° / 194.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / 6.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.68° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.37° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.