The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 12, 2098
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
5:34 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2168
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 16.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 10.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.66° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.68° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.73° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.