The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 12, 2188
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
7:50 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3281
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.7° / 299.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -10.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.42° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.17° / -3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.47° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| 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.