The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 PM
6:27 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1030
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 | 168.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.6° / 339.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -4.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.12° / -0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.89° / 1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.53° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.