The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 12, 1955
Waning Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 399
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 263.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -23.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.79° / -0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.46° / 1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.51° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.