The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 12, 2103
Waxing Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 AM
1:34 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2230
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 67.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 24.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.07° / 1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / -1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.58° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.