The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 12, 2042
Waning Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 AM
11:19 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1475
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 238.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -27.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.03° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.25° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.45° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.