The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 12, 2030
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
3:31 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1327
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 | 107.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 48.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 13.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.76° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.34° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.