The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 12, 2090
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
6:23 PM
5:54 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2069
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,800 km.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 358.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / 0.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.50° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.13° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.