The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 12, 2001
Waning Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
10:02 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 968
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 258.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 15m / -21.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.44° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / -1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.99° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.