The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 12, 1958
Waning Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 AM
1:23 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 436
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 | 289.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 240.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 52m / -12.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.03° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.57° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.