The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 12, 2029
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
7:19 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1314
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.0° / 163.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 27m / 8.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.57° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.87° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.