The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 12, 1988
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 AM
3:48 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 807
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 | 308.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 208.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 15m / -12.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.97° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / 3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.34° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.