The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 12, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 PM
4:33 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 758
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 | 136.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 34.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 12.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.74° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.84° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.65° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.