The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 12, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
4:38 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 523
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 32.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 12.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.02° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.60° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.46° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.