The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 12, 2074
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
7:51 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1871
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.0° / 303.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -8.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.89° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.57° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.05° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.