The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 12, 1969
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 AM
2:56 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 572
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 | 310.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 221.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -12.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.02° / -2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.67° / 3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.04° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.