The Moon on this date

Moon on Sunday, April 12, 2037

Waning Crescent

8.4% illuminated · waning

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
E
Highest
42°
Moonset
W
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
8.4%
Age
26.7 days
Distance
405,100 km
Apparent size
29.5′
Constellation
Aquarius
Lunation number
1413

Events on this date

  1. Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered

    All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.

Exact values

For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun326.63°
Phase angle146.38°
Illuminated fraction8.36%
Altitude / azimuth41.7° / 188.4°
Right ascension / declination23h 28m / -7.34°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude349.72° / -3.55°
Libration in longitude / latitude-1.07° / 5.26°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude-147.20° / -1.53°
Position angle of the axis335.7°
Position angle of the bright limb60.6°
Apparent magnitude-7.0

Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.

Your location

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