The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 12, 1980
Waning Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
4:18 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 708
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 | 325.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.3° / 210.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 20m / -6.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.33° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / 2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.51° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.