The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 12, 1974
Waning Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
10:49 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 634
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 | 248.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 250.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -22.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.03° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.02° / -0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.79° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.