The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 12, 2025
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 PM
6:38 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1265
Events on this date
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Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.3° / 326.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -9.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.21° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / 3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.76° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| 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.