The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 12, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
5:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1834
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 | 156.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 358.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / -0.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.20° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / 1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.94° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.