The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 12, 2163
Waxing Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
2:56 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2972
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 55.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 14.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.83° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.29° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.