The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 12, 1960
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 PM
6:38 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 461
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.2° / 323.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -9.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.18° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.90° / -3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.13° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.