The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 12, 2126
Waning Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 AM
10:59 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2514
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -18.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.64° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.52° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.64° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.