The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 12, 2145
Waning Gibbous
68.2% 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
12:53 AM
11:07 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2749
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 253.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.59° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.45° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.8° |
| 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.