The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 12, 1997
Waxing Crescent
30.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 AM
12:45 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 919
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 | 66.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.6° / 74.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 58m / 18.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.44° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.42° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.