The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 12, 2070
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
10:16 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1822
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.9° / 110.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 51m / 14.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.76° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.58° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.