The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 12, 2193
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
5:16 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3343
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 21.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 8.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.01° / 0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / -0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.08° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.