The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 12, 2015
Waning Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 AM
1:19 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1141
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 | 276.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 236.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -15.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.99° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.29° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.