The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 7, 2012
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
7:17 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1104
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.2° / 301.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -14.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.45° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / 4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.54° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.