The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 12, 1998
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 PM
7:36 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 931
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 | 187.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.3° / 309.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -7.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.53° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.04° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.