The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 12, 1990
Waning Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
7:47 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 832
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 277.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -22.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.21° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.62° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.