The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Waxing Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1018
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 | 46.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 81.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 26m / 25.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.98° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.09° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.