The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 12, 1963
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
8:10 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 498
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 | 220.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.3° / 284.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -16.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.09° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.36° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.92° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.