The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 12, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
4:34 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 424
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 | 155.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.6° / 25.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / -3.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.08° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.99° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.86° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.