The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 12, 1985
Waning Crescent
44.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 AM
11:42 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 770
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 | 276.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 238.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -25.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.89° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.73° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.