The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 12, 2107
Waning Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
10:29 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2279
Events on this date
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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 | 240.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 258.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 29m / -19.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.69° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.82° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.84° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.