The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 12, 2112
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
7:30 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2341
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.4° / 315.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -5.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.96° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.47° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.