The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 12, 2058
Waning Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1673
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 264.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -21.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.18° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.77° / -0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.22° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| 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.