The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 12, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 PM
4:32 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 659
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.9° / 26.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / -2.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.55° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.72° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.05° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.