The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 12, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
63.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
2:36 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.2%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 721
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 | 105.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 58.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.82° / -0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.74° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.66° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.