The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 12, 2012
Waning Gibbous
58.7% 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
1:54 AM
11:52 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1104
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 | 260.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 245.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -19.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.28° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.39° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.