The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 12, 2080
Last Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
12:35 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1945
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 230.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -25.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.84° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.70° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.04° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.