The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Waning Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 AM
11:21 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1240
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 | 260.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 238.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -27.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.08° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.65° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| 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.