The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 12, 1968
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 PM
5:39 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 560
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 10:09 PM, is deepest at 11:47 PM and ends at 1:24 AM. Totality lasts from 11:22 PM to 12:12 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.3° / 356.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -6.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.95° / 0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.23° / 0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.46° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.