The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
5:15 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1228
Events on this date
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Jupiter and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 25.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.00° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.73° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.