The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 12, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
2:15 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 486
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 | 99.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 61.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 17m / 18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.22° / -1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.45° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.