The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 12, 2039
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1438
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 | 229.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -21.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.88° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.11° / -0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.41° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.