The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 12, 2066
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
7:59 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1772
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.2° / 275.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -22.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.71° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.45° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.62° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.